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The meeting was held at Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. This will be a “hybrid” meeting and will be streamed on Zoom. Unfortunately, this presentation was not recorded.
California’s digital online library of plant biodiversity is rapidly growing! Are you ready to learn about how Calflora and its volunteer contributor- based database seeks to maintain, serve, and improve this growing need in California? Well, buckle your seatbelts as Cynthia Powell will share with us exciting updates from Calflora – which is a separate nonprofit from CNPS. In this talk, Cynthia will take us behind the scenes at how the database aggregates plant observations from thousands of sources including iNaturalist and specimens from CCH. Calflora is where amateurs and professionals learn about California’s native and non-native wild plants, their distribution, rarity, current taxonomy, and perhaps their future. For most users, it is an irreplaceable resource for their work and interests.
For more details, you can check out Calflora’s most important and innovative services include detailed distribution maps, What Grows Here?, Weed (Invasive Plant) Manager, and the Planting Guide.
Cynthia Powell is Calflora’s Executive Director. She graduated with her MS in GIS in 2010 forecasting Mokelumne River water supply based on MODIS remote sensing snowpack images. She’s been examining what was under that snow — plants — ever since. She coordinates all of Calflora’s programs, research, outreach, and advocacy, as well as fundraising and management.
Title of Talk: California’s Biodiversity from a Tribal Perspective- The Importance of Reciprocity and Stewardship September 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM The September Chapter Meeting will be in-person ONLY on Wednesday, September 9th beginning at 7 pm at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento. Additional info about chapter meetings can
Wildflower Wonders 2026 Saturday, Sept 19th, 9:00-12:00. Wildlife Wonders, a celebration of biodiversity in our region. SacValley CNPS Nursery & Gardens 2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, 95670 on the American River Parkway at Soil Born Farms. Wildlife Wonders is a free, family-friendly event celebrating the biodiversity of our region. This event offers the community an opportunity
There will be a Sacramento Valley Chapter CNPS field trip to Grass Lake (north of Luther Pass on Highway 89, near the California/Nevada border, and south of Lake Tahoe) on Sunday, August 2, 2026. Trip leaders will be Carol Witham and Greg Kareofelas. We may be joined by members of the Bryophyte Chapter and CalFlora.